People who inject their political views into EVERY conversation.

Everyone has a right to their political views. I have friends with whom I agree and with whom I disagree. However, it seems to me there are more and more people who make their political views known all the time. Even when I try and change the subject, they bring it back to politics. This happens at work. I'm a teacher, and my department chair makes his views known in class, department meetings, and casual conversation. I'm a step away from telling him it's unprofessional and immature. There's a time and a place for everything. We don't need to hear who someone voted for ad nauseam.

I agree. I have to work with one of them. It doesn't help here in Australia we're about to have a Federal Election. The bloke I work with is a rusted on Labor voter and attempts to inform me how great the party has been for the working class. <Insert eye roll> The other day he kept banging on about Labor this and Labor that until I snapped and reminded him if the Labor Party was so bloody brilliant why are they absolutely useless when it comes to running the budget because the last time a Labor party here in Australia managed a budget surplus was back in 1989, that's 30 years ago.

I sometimes think it's nice to be blissfully ignorant of another person's political views. I generally don't discuss politics outside of the Internet because of how divisive the conversations can get. My former step-father is the opposite. Everything is political to him. We have completely different views on politics, so listening to him drone on and on was always unpleasant.

Fortunately, I don't see him anymore. He could literally turn a sunny day into a political diatribe.

We have completely different views on politics, so listening to him drone on and on was always unpleasant.

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The same way I felt about Russ Cassell and Rush Limbaugh on 106.3 WORD (and still do about Limbaugh)!

Last edited: May 14, 2019

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One of the things about this is that these people always present their view in such a way that they are really saying, "Anyone who disagrees with me is stupid." Very few people really understand all the intricacies of a country's economy, foreign policy, bureaucracy, role of the media, etc. How can the average person truly claim to have all the answers?

One of the things about this is that these people always present their view in such a way that they are really saying, "Anyone who disagrees with me is stupid."

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Something that each major political party (along with the radio and TV talkers who are of the persuasions of that party) accuses the other party of doing, while doing it themselves-- Democrats accuse Republicans of doing it, and Republicans vice versa!

"CBS Sports presents...The Prudential College Football Report, sponsored by The Prudential, offering a full range of insurance and other financial services. The Prudential: the Rock...it's strong, it's on the move, it's bigger than life."

(Don Robertson, opening billboard on The Prudential College Football Report in the 1986 season [Jim Nantz's second season with CBS Sports])